Only weeks after Riley died in 2015, whooping cough vaccines became free and recommended for all pregnant Australians.

Whooping cough is a vaccine preventable disease.

Lily narrowly survived but lost her kidneys and adrenal glands. After nine months on dialysis, she received a kidney donation from her sister, Grace. Today, she is a strong voice for immunisation and organ donation and wants all adults to protect against vaccine preventable diseases.

Meningococcal is a vaccine preventable disease.

The World Health Organisation estimates that a child dies every 20 seconds from a disease that could have been prevented by a vaccine.

With your help, we are determined to change that.

With international travel having resumed, MMR vaccination is particularly important to ensure Western Australians visiting countries with endemic measles are adequately protected.

"The new detections of polio this year in previously polio-free countries are a stark reminder that if we do not deliver our goal of ending polio everywhere, it may resurge globally," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a statement.

These are the recommended COVID-19 vaccines for each age group

Childhood Vaccination is Important

Pfizer has been granted provisional approval by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to use its COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose in children aged five to 11 years old.

Polio is back in the global conversation

People vulnerable to the monkeypox virus are being advised to receive the latest smallpox vaccine to protect themselves.

Australian Olympian turned medical doctor Jana Pittman is urging Australians not to forget influenza or forego protection in winter.

With cases of COVID-19 rising, governments across the country are hoping that a surge in the uptake of fourth COVID-19 vaccine shots will curb hospital admissions.

State governments push back free flu jab deadline as cases rise

NCIRS, Australia’s leading immunisation research organisation is working to improve the conversations that healthcare providers have with parents and carers about routine vaccinations in pregnancy and early childhood. NCIRS has engaged communications agency, The Friday Collective, to help evaluate and develop its existing vaccination resources.

Influenza is back with a vengeance in Australia

Here’s what do you need to know to get a free flu shot, state-by-state.

Former dual Olympian Dr Jana Pittman has taken her young family to get the jab after she lost her grandmother to influenza.

Getting your flu shot as soon as possible and ensuring your COVID-19 vaccinations are up to date will help keep you safe this winter

Doctors are concerned about a twindemic, a combination of influenza and COVID-19 outbreaks, this Winter season

Australian Olympian turned medical doctor Jana Pittman is taking the fight to infectious disease as the face of a new campaign that urges Australians not to forget influenza or forego protection in the lead up to winter.